A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 204 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia (127 miles) on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 78.54 km (49 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 78.54 km, 154.8413° East, 49.0417° North. Event id: us60006rm5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60006rm5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 15/12/19 / 2019-12-15 00:26:28 / December 15, 2019 @ 12:26 am UTC/GMT. The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 11:26:28 / 11:26 am (local time epicenter).
In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 204 km SSW of Severo-Kuril’sk, Russia.
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